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Published on
March 15, 2024

A LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRANDON UNION

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​The Brandon Union.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1898.
A LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRANDON UNION:

Now that the senatorial contest in Rutland county has ended in a victory for the straight Republican ticket, Mr. S. L. Griffith, one of its regular nominees against whom the combined efforts of Democrats and disappointed Republicans were aimed to accomplish his defeat, is all smiles.
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​ALVA GRIFFITH GOING TO WAR

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​​ALVA GRIFFITH GOING TO WAR

Popular High School Student Enlists in Naval Aviation Service.

Alva Griffith, secretary of the Senior Class and treasurer of the boys’ division of the class, Easton High School, and president of the High School Association, has enlisted in the naval aviation service and expect to be called to Cape May on Friday of this week.
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A Noted Vermonter

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​​April 11, 1902.
Groton, Vt..
A Noted Vermonter.

Hon. S. L. Griffith of Danby, who was in town last week looking after his extensive lumber business gave some of his friends a few points on Cuba and his travels in the old county that will interest the readers of THE TIMES.
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March 15, 2024

A Pleasant Trip

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​​LUDLOW, VERMONT
The Vermont Tribune.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1898.

We had received an interesting article describing a visit to Danby by several Mount Holly people, but lack of space forbade us to print it last week. It appears below. -ED.
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March 15, 2024

One of the Party

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​​ONE OF THE PARTY.
AUGUST 27. 1898.

The Herald prints a communication in regard to the senatorial candidacy, of Mr. Griffith of Danby as an advertisement because we hardly consider it of enough importance to print as news. 
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March 15, 2024

The Argus

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​​The Argus
ALBANY, N. Y., JULY 3, 1893.

Freed from the cares of official life by the expiration of his term of office ex-Police Commissioner William J. Walker has turned his attention to angling, and launched himself boldly into the deeper waters of piscatorial pursuits. 
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Away From Home

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​​Cambridge Transcript.
R. BRUSH. O. L. BOURN,
PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS.
Entered at the Post-office at Cambridge, Vt., as Second Class Mail Matter.
FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1895.
Away From Home.

We went away Memorial Day as has been our custom for many years, and contrary to our usual custom allowed our selves two days outing and it is of the occasion and the two special days that we crave a little space in your paper for publication; and it is all about a day we hold sacred to special commemoration, and some things we saw, and men we met during the time.
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March 15, 2024

BANK DIRECTORS ADOPT RESOLUTION

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​​BANK DIRECTORS ADOPT RESOLUTION

The board of directors of the Rutland County National bank has adopted the following resolution on the death of Eugene McIntyre of Danby, vice president and a director of the institution:
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March 15, 2024

Griffith Christmas

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​​By Yvonne Daley
Special to The Globe

DANBY, Vt. — In the late 1800s, a lumber king named Silas L. Griffith amassed a huge fortune here and in neighboring Mount Tabor by being shrewd, daring and miserly, often at the expense of his employees.
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March 15, 2024

FUNERAL OF S. L. GRIFFITH WILL BE HELD

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Burlington Daily Free Press
BURLINGTON, JULY 27, 1903.
FUNERAL OF S. L. GRIFFITH
Will Be Held in Danby Tuesday. Aug. 4—Leaves California Today.
(Special to the Free Press.)

San Diego, Cal., July 26.—Tomorrow the funeral party accompanying the remains of the Hon. S. L. Griffith of Danby, Vt., will leave here for Vermont. They expect to reach home on Saturday, the first day of August. The funeral will be held in Danby at the Congregational ‘Church on Tuesday, August 4, at two o’clock in the afternoon.

Services were held here at the winter residence of Mr. Griffith. “The Palms,” Friday afternoon. There was a large attendance of friends and a magnificent display of flowers. The officiating clergymen were the Reverends Crabtree, Abbott and Vrommer.
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